Feeding and band-cutting mechanism.



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F. s. RICH. FEEDING AND BAND 011mm MEOH ANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1904.

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Nb. 810,568. PATENTED JAN. 23, 1906.

F. s. RICH. FEEDING AND BAND CUTTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1904.

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PATENTED JAN. 23, 1906.

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' FEEDING AND BAND'GUTTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20,

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.F- S. RICH.

FEEDING AND BAND CUTTING MEGHANISM.

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i hlEDl tlCli RlCl-i. OF (3' ii'fiOl-i. OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO RICH SELF FEEDER (,UiiiljANY, Or ST. LOUlS. MISSOURI. A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

Specification of Letters iatent.

Patented. Jan. 23, 1906.

Application filed June 20, 1904. Serial No. 213.366

Be it known that I, FREDERICK S. RICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful improve- 1 l Feer'iing and Band-Cuttin Mechanhich the following is a specification. My invention particularly to feedin band-cutting mechanism provided "1 means for automatically retarding the to prevent clogging or slugging the oer.

nary object is to provide simplified L ed means for preventing clogging ,y nder, an improved speed-governor for three ng the feeding devices into operation after cylinder has reached a predetermined number of revolutions, an improved guard for the rotary band-cutter. and irnprov l means for sustaining the lower run of the endless sheaf conveyer when the frame of the sheaf-conveyer is in the folded position.

in the improved construction i dispense with the trip device which has commonly b .n employed for stopping the operation of ie endless sheaf-conveyer when the con er becomes overcharged. In lieu thereof i provide means dependent upon the resistance encountered by the crank-actuated feed. and cutting devices which. I employ that serve to retard the movement of the endless sheaf-conveyor automatically when the she f-conveyor is overcharged.

My inventionis illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings,

in which Figure l tional view of feed and band-cutting mechanism equipped with my improvements;

Fig. 1", an enlarged broken sectional view "taken as indicated at line 1 of Fi 1 and b represents a broken side eleva-- view showing the details of the speed-governor employed, the casing-plate appearing in Fig. 1 being removed ;'Fig. 6, a sectional view taken as indicated at line 6 of Fig. Fig. 7, a perspective view of aweight-carrying arm employed in the construction of the speed-governor; Fig. 8, a view of an automatically-controlled friction-clutch forming a part of the power-transmission means between the rotary cutter and the crank-shaft which actuates the oscillating cutting and feeding knives; Fig. 9, a section taken as indicated at line 9 of Fig. 8; Fig. 10, a section taken asv indicated at line 10 of Fig. 1 and showing a detail of the transmission meansbetween thecrank-shaft and the drivingshaft of the endless conveyor, and Fig. 11 a view of an adjustable lever which supports the stub-shaft shown in Fig. 10.

A'description of the preferred construction is as follows:

A represents the fixed portion of the frame of themechanism, the sail'ne being connected with the front end of thethreshing-machinc in the usual manner; B, the folding framev of the endless sheaf-conveyor, this folding frame having a section B connected by a pivot B with the fixed frame in the usual. manner; B an endless sheaf-conveyor passing over suitable pulley-equipped shafts, including shafts B B andB, the latter constituting a driving-shaft for the sheaf-conveyer; O, a threshing-cylinder; D, a rotary band-cutter driven in the usual manner from the cylinder by means of pulley-a'nd-belt connection (not shown) at the farther side of the machine D, a stationary guard for the band cutter; D a shaft for the band-cutter; D, a

speed-governor connected with the shaft 13 E, a crankshaft; E, combination feed and cutting devices operatingabove the grain in a well-known manner; E friction-clutch mechanism connected with the crankeshal't E and actuated from the speed-governor l) by a sprocket-chain E; F, a stub-shaft adjustably connected with an adjustable lever F" and having journalcd thereon a combinatlon sprocket-wheel and spur-gcar F and F a spur-gear secured onthc driving-shaft B of the sheaf-conveyor and meshing with the spur-gear of, the member F.

The endless sheaf-conveyer comprises end-,-

less chains 1), connected by slats 1i, e'qui ed with fingers b The section B of the folding frame' of theconveyer is equipped at each side with hooks of the form shown in Figs. 1 and, 1*, both of said hooks being shown in the drawings. The drawings illustrate the manner in which the hooks support the lower portion of the endless conveyor, while at the same time allowing the conveyor to operate without breakage in case the attendant fails to take the chains ofl the hooks after extending the conveyer-frame. The shanks of the hooks lie outside the chains, and the points of the hooks extend inwardly and toward the front end of the conveyer, the inclined surfaces 6 (shown in Fig. 1) enabling the conveyer to operate without breakage until the rattling attracts the attention of the operator. The endless conveyer has a rearwardly and downwardly inclined rear portion, as is now wellunderstood in the art. To maintain the upper portion of the rear end of the endless conveyer in-proper position, as when,

for instance, the knives E are drawing upon straw which is in engagement with the spines on the slats of the conveyer, I provideon the inner sides of the stationary frame-section A angle-form guides If, one of which is shown in Figs. 2 and 4. v

' The rotary band-cutter is of well-known construction and need not be described in de tail. of the cutter is equipped with suitablyspaced knives.

supporting shoes d Figs" 2, 3, and 4. Each shoe (1 comprises a forwardly and. downwardly inclinedsheet-metal member d having lateral oblique flanges d and an expanding member confined between the flanges d and adjustably connected with the upper plate d by means of bolts (1 The free edges of the flanges d are in more or less intimate contact with the knives of the rotary cutter,

and it will be understood that the flanges may be spread apart to'bring them closer to the knives by adjusting the bolts (1.

The speed-governor D comprises a wheel or pulley d having an outwardly-turned flange (1 a sprocket-wheel d formed in-' tegral with the pulley and receiving the sprocket-chain E a weight-carrying arm or bar d having a hub secured by a set-screw upon the shaft D curved friction-shoes'd, having inturned ends connected by pivots d 'with the extremities of the bar (1 links (1 connected with the free ends of the brakeshoes and extending through guide-lugs d on bar (E weight-arms d supplied with ad justable weights and connected by pivots d with lugs J" on the bars (7, said weight-arms being provided with short arms or lugs 1 bearing upon the free ends of the links d springs 1/", confined between the lugs d and It is suflicientto remarkthat the shaft The guard D comprises a, cross-bar d, from which depend shanks d,'

new, with which the links are provided 'Iieartheir ends, anda-disk (1 havinga hub secured 'bya -set.' screw to the'end offthe shaft D saiddisk'forming a plate coacting,

with thepulley d to fiinclose, the weights an springs; i f The crank-shaft E is eguipped with a plu rality of combination fee mg and cutting de; vices E, which are suitably spaced and which move in cycles in a now well understood manner. y

The frictioneclutch device E? will be understood by reference to' Fig'sfS and 9. It comprises a sprocket-wheel 'e, rotatable with respect to'the crank-shaft E and equipped on its outer surface with lugs e, su porting a .curved rod e'fla bar or membere aving a hub keyed uponT/the: shaftf-E and affording a j journal for the sprocket-wheel e, said meinber 6 being equipped on the'outer surface of one of its extremities witha lug a", through which the rod 6 passes freely; a curved spring 6 encircling the rod 0?, and confined between-an adjusting-nut g on the rode and the lug e of the member a a rooved Wheel.

e journaled on the shaft E and 'avingformed integrally therewith a sprocket-wheel el, and a friction band or strap e assing about the wheel a and having. its en s secured to pins e 6 with which the sprocket-wheel e and the member a are equipped, respectively."

The lever F is joined by a pivot f to one side of the frame A and is curvednear its.

central portion; where it is provided with a slot-7", which 'adjustably receives the stub shaft F. The lever has a handle f and'near thereto is provided with a' perforation which receives a bolt equipped with a winged end.-

7. Said bolt is'adjustable in" a slotf, a

formed in a segmentf connected with the frame A. The member F comprises-a sprocket-wheelf, joined by a sprocket-chain f ,to the sprocket-wheel e onthe shaft E,-

and a s'pur-gearf meshing with the spur-Q gear F on the drive-shaft of the endless con,-

From the foregoing detailed description the operation of the mechanism will be readily understood. The threshing cylinder 0 of the separator is driven inthe usual 'man- D Power is now transmitted through the sprocket-chain E? to the sprocket-wheel r. and the-bar or member 'eiiasdflren througl the medium of the sprocket-wheel 1 and the spring a thereby rotating the erank-slml't E. 1 0

Normally the tension (adjustable) of the spring 1* is such that the friction-strap engages the l'riclion-pulley a with suilicient friction to rotate the same and transmit power to the endless conveyor: 'hen an abnormal amount of grain passes beneath the combination feeding and cutting device-s E, actuated by said crank-shaft, the movement of the crank-shaft is retarded somewhat, while the sprocket-wheel e continues to advance, thereby causing the frictionstrap c to lighten or rel *ase its hold upon the friction-wheel 0, thereby retarding or stopping the movement of the endless conveyer. Meanwhile the devices E continue tooperate and gradually" convey the overplus of grain to the cylinder,-whereupon, the normal condition having been reestablished, the endless conveyer will again be, operated at normal speed. n I

It will be understood that changes in details of construction within the spirit of the invention may be made. Hence no undue limitation should be understood from the foregoing detailed description.

lVhat I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a rotary ba-nd-. cutter, an endless sheaf-conveyer, and a feed device located above the path of the grain and provided with a driving-shaft, of powertransmission means connecting the band-cutter, feed device and sheaf-conveyer, comprising a frictionclutch connected with said shaft and operated by increase of torsional force upon said shaft, due to an overload of grain, for retarding the conveyer, to'permit the restoration of normal conditions, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination'with a rotary bandcutter, an endless sheaf-conveyer, and a feed device located above the path of the grain, of power-transmission means connecting the, band-cutter, feed device and sheaf-conveyer, comprising a wheel rotatable wit-h relation to the shaft of said feed device and geared to said band-cutter, a member connected with said shaft through the medium of which the shaft is rotated, spring connection between said wheel and member, a friction-wheel,a friction-strap thereon connected with said first-named wheel and with said shaft-actuating member, and means for communicating motion from said friction-wheel to said convever, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a feed device having a crank-shaft, of asuitably-actuated wheel revoluble with relation to saidcrankshaft, a friction-wheel adjacent thereto, a member fixed to said crank-shaft, a spring yieldingly maintaining said first-named wheel and said member in a given relation, an end.- less sheaf-conveyer, and meansfor transmitting power from said friction-wheel to said conveyer, 'f or the purpose setlo rth.

4. The combination of an endless sheafconveyer, a crank-shaft equipped with oscillatin'g feeding devices located above the rear portion of said conveyor; a wheel revoluble on said cranloshal't, an actuating member [ixedjto said cranloshaft, spring connection between said wheel and said member, a fricti0n-wheel adjacent to said.member, a friction-strap passing about said friction-wheel and connected to said first-named wheel and to said member, means for"actuatin'g said first-named wheel, and means fortransmit ting power from said friction-wheel to said conveyer, for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination of an endless conveyer, a crank-shaft equipped with oscillating feed devices located above the rear end of said conveyer, a rotary band-cutter in ad vance of said crank-shaft and equipped with a speed-governor, a wheel journaled on said crank-shaft and geared to said speed-governor, yielding connection between said wheel and said crank-shaft, and a friction-clutch serving normally to transmit power from the crank-shaft to the endless conveyer and which is automatically released to retard the conveyer when said feed devices encounter an overload abnormally increasing the torsional resistance at the crank-shaft, for the purpose set forth. I

6. In mechanism of the character set forth, the combination with a feed device having a driving-shaft, and a sheaf-conveyer, of means for transmit-ting power from the feed device to the sheaf-conveyer, comprising a. suitablyactuated wheel revoluble with relation to the driving-shaft of the feed device, an actuating member for said driving-shaft yielding connection between said wheel and said member, a friction-wheel journaled on said driving-shaft, a friction-strap having its ends connected with said wheel and said member, respectively, a sprocket-wheel connected with said friction-wheel, and a sprocketchain through which power is transmitted from said sprocket-wheel to actuate the sheaf co'nveyer, for the purpose set forth.

7. In mechanism of the character set forth, the combination with an endless sheaf-conveyer, and a crank-shaft equipped with aplu. rality of feed devices operating above the rear portion of said conveyer, of a sprocketwheel revoluble with relation to said crankshaft,- a member fixed to said crank-shaft and located at the inner side of the hub thereof, a friction wheel located at the inner side of said member, spring connection between said sprocket-wheel and said member, a friction-strap upon said friction-wheel and hav-j ing its ends connected respectively with said sprocket-wheel and said member, and a wheel fixed to revolve with said friction-wheel and serving to transmit power to the conveyer, for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination of an endless sheaf conveyer having a driving-shaft equipped w1th a spur-gear, a stub-shaft equipped w th a spur"- gear meshing therewith and with a s procketewheel for actuating said. second- .ria'ineclilfspurgear, a cra'nlr shaft equipped with a-"plurahty of feed devlce's and 'havln 0 10urnaled thereon a sprocket-wheelgearedto said first-namedsprocket-wheel anll a friction-wheel "serving to actuate; said secondnamed sprocket-wheel, an actuating member for said crank-shaft fixed to the crank- "shaft, a sprocket-wheel on the crank-shaft adjacent to said member, spring connection between said third-named sprocket-wheel and said member, and a sprocket-chain through the medium of winch said thud-named sprocket-wheel'is actuated, for the purpose set forth.

9. In feeding and band-cutting mechan ism, the combination with a rotary band-cutter-equipped with a plurality of 'suit'ablyfor the purpose set forth.

FREDERICK S. RICH. In presence of-;

A. A. VAN DoRsTEN, PR-nuns PHILL'PPI. 

